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Hughes Electronics Corporation

...and business data. In 1987 the company introduced its HS 601 communications satellite, which became the world’s most popular series of large commercial spacecraft. In 1994 Hughes launched
DirecTV, a direct-broadcast digital television distribution system in which programming was beamed via satellite to a home-installed, platter-sized dish antenna and set-top box. By the end of 1999,...